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Description: | Bronze Age cast copper alloy tool in poor condition. At first appearance this looked like an incomplete plastave due to the shape of the blade which increases in width at the curved cutting edge, and the triangular profile of the tool. However, it is unclear from the condition of the tool whether or not it is complete or incomplete. The butt end is concave, and it appears that it could have been hafted at a right angle to the blade. Alternatively, if the butt end has a worn break it could be an incomplete palstave, however it is unclear how this break could form on a palstave. Alternatively this could be a casting error from a palstave. The tool is 75.39mm long, 30.53mm wide and 24.23mm thick.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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